Clinical features of patients attending a gender-identity clinic
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Gender dysphoria is a persistent sense of discomfort about one's biological sex. Transsexualism is thought of as the extreme end of gender dysphoria. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, third edition, revised (DSM-III-R), transsexualism includes the wish to be rid of one's own genitals and to live as the other sex. To satisfy the DSM-III-R criteria, the disturbance has to be continuous for at least two years, and not due to other mental or physical causes. To help identify the characteristics of patients with gender dysphoria, the case-notes were reviewed for all patients referred to a gender-identity clinic in the United Kingdom. A total of 106 cases (83 men whose average age was 34.2 years, and 23 women whose average age was 26.6 years) were reviewed. Patients were divided into a group of those who satisfied all DSM-III-R criteria for transsexualism (DSM-III-positive) and a group of those who did not (DSM-III negative). The DSM-III-positive group (77 patients) tended to have had a pre-pubertal onset of transsexualism, to experience cross-dressing as normal and not sexually arousing, to be homosexual, and to engage in low sexual activity. As a group, they were more likely to be referred for sex-change surgery. The DSM-III negative group included 29 patients; two were psychotic, several were homosexual transvestites (cross-dressers), seven were depressed, and six had personality disorders. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)
Publication Name: British Journal of Psychiatry
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0007-1250
Year: 1990
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The use of light therapy to lower agitation in people with dementia
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Agitation and sleep disorders are the most common problems faced by the people with dementia. The practical issues while implementing bright light therapy for the dementia patients and the perceptions about its effectiveness are described.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2004
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